Dump-car.



No. 735,129. I

PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

W.l MGCABE.

DUMP GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1s, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

@XH l? mames Urirrnn STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

VlLLlAM MCOABE, OF MANSFIELD, TENNESSEE.

DUMP-CAR.v

SPECIFIUATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,129, dated August4, 1903.

Application led May 13. 1902. Serial No. 107,172. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MOCABE, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Henry, in the State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsinDump-Cars; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to dumping-cars,

and the principles involved may be employed' in connection with carsknown as pushcars or in connection with such cars as are operated intrains, as will be understood, the object of the invention being toprovide a construction which will facilitate the dumping of the load inthe place desired at either side of the track instead of on the track orentirely at one side of the track, as is usual.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and efficientdetails of structure which will result in an efficient and durable carand one which may be manufactured at a moderate cost.

1n the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car embodying the present invention,one section of the body being moved to its dumping position. Fig.f2 is atransverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. Sisasection similar toFig. 1 with both sections of the body horizontal and showing a secondform of the invention. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the modified formof table. tailed section taken vertically through the king-bolt andillustrating the T-shaped bearing-block.

Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 and2thereof, there is shown a car comprising a platform 10, provided withhandles 11 at its ends to be grasped when the car is pushed along thetrack, and this platform is provided with the usual supporting wheels12, which engage the track-rails. The platform itself comprises thesills 13 and 14, which are connected by end and intermediatecross-pieces 15, and the boxes 16, which receive the ends of thewheel-axles, are secured to the under faces Fig. 5 is a de-Y Vthe endsof the head thereof being secured against the under sides of theintermediate cross-pieces of the frame of the platform. Upon the upperface of the platform is a block 20, having a perforation therethroughwhich registers with the perforation in the platform.

In connection with the platform as described there is employed a table2l, against the under face of which is secured a plate 22, having adepending cylindrical stem 23, which is passed through the platform andthe biock thereon and the lower end of which is formed conical and isengaged in the similarly-formed lower end of the socket in thesocket-piece above referred to. This stem forms the king-bolt forthetable and permits of rotation thereof.

' To support the sides of the table when the latter is tilted fromhorizontal position un` der an uneven distribution of the load, rollers24 are mounted on the under side of the table in position to engage thetrack on the platform, it being understood that these rollers may be sopositioned as to support the entire load,while the king-bolt merelyprevents the rollers from rn nning from the track.

At opposite sides of the table 21 are loops 25, each of which forms onemember of a hinge with which are connected the similar members 26 ofthesections of the body of the car. The body of the car comprises twosimilar sections 28 and 29 of the same capacity, and each of whichconsists of a bottom having ends 30 and 31 and an inner side 32, thesection at its outer side being open. The sections are disposed-to restupon the table with their inner sides in mutual contact and with theironterh sides projecting over the side edges of the table. From the underface of each body-section depend loops 33, which aline with the loops atthat side of the table, and through each set of alining IOO loops ispassed a pintle in the form of a bar 34, having one end turnedlaterally, as shown. The sections of the body may be thus individuallytilted and may be readily returned to lie upon the table, and tofacilitate manipulation of the sections of the body each of the sectionshas a pair of handles 35 projecting from each end thereof, one handlebeing at the rear side of the section, While the other handle isdirectly adjacent to the vertical plane of the pintle.

With this construction it Will be seen that after the car has beenpushed to the proper location with a load in the sections of the bodythereof, which latter rest upon the table, and it is desired to dump theload from both sections at the same side of the track one section of thebody may be tilted to vertical position to discharge load and may bethen returned to lie upon the table,after which the table may be rotatedto bring the second section into position formerly occupied bythe firstsection, and the second section may be then tilted to dump its load.

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4 ofthe drawings, instead of employing asolid table, as

.shown in Fig. l, a rectangular frame may be used, and on the under sideof which is fixed a metal hoop or ring 41,corresponding to the hoop ormember 42, secured to the under side of the table of the structure shownin Fig. 2 and which carries the boxes of the rollers that sustain thetable. The hoop or ring 4l forms the felly of a Wheel, including thespokes 43 and the hub al, through which latter is passed the king-bolt45. sections 4G and 47 of the body are in horizontal position, they rest'upon the frame, to which they are connected by the pintles 47', engagedwith the alining loops 4S and 49, carried by the frame and bodysections, respectively. The operation of both forms of the invention isthe same.

It will be understood that in practice other modifications of theinvention may be made and that any suitable materials and proportionsmay be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

What is claimed is- A dump-car comprising a platform havingsupporting-Wheels and provided With a track on its upper face, saidplatform having a frame incliiding spaced cross-pieces, a T- shapedbearing-block having the ends of its head secured against thecross-pieces and its stem disposed upwardly and recessed, a table havinga king-bolt engaged therewith and With the recess of the bearing-block,rollers secured to the under side of the table and resting upon thetrack on the platform, and a body comprising sections pivoted to thetable for movement into and out of position to lie thereon. A

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM MCCABE.

Witnesses:

JAMEsI. DAVIS, J. W. EvAN-s.

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